Kimba's got it right! I used to work in a jewelry/craft store in Pike Place Market in the early 90s in Seattle, and occasionally you'd bump into folks from the grunge scene there. Chris Cornell came into the store and I did sell him a pair of earrings, but one of my hipper colleagues had to tell me who it was because I didn't recognize him. Also in Pike Place, I was running off to get some lunch and almost crashed into this really really really tall guy coming out of a store, and I looked up and it was Krist Novoselic (who I did recognize). Never ran into Eddie Vedder, sadly.

JonnyWoop wrote:

lepelaar wrote:

Nope! Number 3 is totally true!

For some reason I thought you worked at a book store. Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. So I figured you'd actually sold the book and not the jewelry.

I do indeed, but I haven't always worked in a bookshop. (That was kind of a trick question 'cause I figured someone might remember the bookstore connection.)

_________________Ain't no guarantees in life, and nothing that comes out of my vagina can change that. - Erika Soyf*cker

My ex was eating a bag of Oreos once and touched a mouse that had taken up residence in it. The mouse bolted past his hand and off his lap. It turned him off Oreos for about a month. Blergh - I am still horrified by it.

_________________My oven is bigger on the inside, and it produces lots of wibbly wobbly, cake wakey... stuff. - The PoopieB.

How to avoid a mouse jumping in your mouth: Do not take your daughter's pet mouse, hold it by your mouth, saying over and over "I'm going to eat it!" in order to tease her. It might jump into your mouth. You might have to pull it out by the tail. It will survive. Not a lie.

_________________"That is some very responsible yolo-ing." - allularpunk"We are simple people, my husband is a mechanic with dirty hands, my daughter is a blue haired lesbian who's favorite activity is making people uncomfortable." - torque

I like this thread too much to let it sit around for another day. Apologies for breaking the rules. (Hope you're up to exciting things Little My!)

1. My family lives on 3 continents; scheduling even Skype time together is a terrible joke because of all the time zones involved.2. My dad's side of the family has lots of military types, poets and professors - including the dude who wrote the Polish national anthem.3. My mom's side of the family has lots of businessmen, priests and mayors - including the dude who was excommunicated from the Church for watering down the wine used at Sunday mass.

#1 is true. I've heard we have cousins on every continent, but I've never met them.

#2 is also true. If you go to the dude's museum, you can find my name on his family tree.

#3 is full of lies - and a funny story! In high school we had to write family history projects, so I googled my mom's mom's family........and found a story about an Irish priest with a name super common for her family (and super uncommon outside of it) who was excommunicated for watering down the Church's wine. HA!

See, I wasn't planning on guessing again on this thread because now I have to think of something. :P

Ok...

1) I once got a hairline fracture in my elbow by tripping over nothing.2) I once broke my collarbone skiing into a tree.3) I once dislocated my shoulder at rowing class by slipping on the dock before even getting in the boat.

_________________Ain't no guarantees in life, and nothing that comes out of my vagina can change that. - Erika Soyf*cker

There's a wooden incline between the concrete walkway next to the boathouse, and the floating wooden dock. The incline is joined to the sidewalk with a metal joint. As I was taking the oars out of the boathouse, I slipped on the wooden incline, which was icy, and fell sideways so that my shoulder landed awkwardly on the metal joint and popped right out of the socket.

_________________Ain't no guarantees in life, and nothing that comes out of my vagina can change that. - Erika Soyf*cker